tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-75943388420489666292018-03-06T02:49:15.570-08:00Tarot of Cosmic ConsciousnessTarot of Cosmic Consciousness is a new exquisitly painted Tarot deck of 78 cards and extensively illustrated book by Barbara Bruch. This deck is an exploration of the symbolic relationships of Tarot to Astrology, the Qabbalah and Sacred Geometry. It is meant to inspire the seeker to create one's self-directed spiritual path.Barbara Bruchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14835735998765742393noreply@blogger.comBlogger56125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7594338842048966629.post-73965425714883613882018-02-10T12:43:00.000-08:002018-02-10T12:52:43.550-08:00Justice/Injustice
What to expect when you get the Justice card in a reading.
For Justice to prevail in righting a wrong, we must first recognize the
ramifications of Injustice. What has been unjust? What injustices are being
resolved? Justice is necessary for a civil society and is exemplified by the
rule of law. We have vindication and justice when we put a stop to unfair
practices. Then we can achieve Barbara Bruchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11554997345458884096noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7594338842048966629.post-14854624902889530662018-01-14T15:01:00.000-08:002018-01-14T15:19:06.865-08:00The Wheel of Fortune: Destiny
Wheel of Fortune: Your
Destiny
Where are you today in your life? Is it unfolding the way
you would like? Do you wonder if your experiences are just a twist of fate or
part of a larger plan? What is your destiny?
Spin the “Wheel of Fortune” for some answers.
“The fundamental building blocks of
nature, the wheel, is the circle of life flowing through all aspects of
existence.” Anodea Barbara Bruchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11554997345458884096noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7594338842048966629.post-53711507988644237712017-10-31T15:25:00.000-07:002017-10-31T15:25:34.099-07:00
The Hermit versus monsters
A Halloween
discussion of the Hieronymus Bosch painting of “The Temptation of St Anthony”
A popular book in the Middle Ages was The Golden Legend read by many of the common people in the lowlands
of Europe, written by Jacobus da Varagine. (Printing books was in vogue by then.) It told
the story of St. Anthony (251-356), a fourth century hermit who took up
Barbara Bruchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11554997345458884096noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7594338842048966629.post-57992320145797189882017-09-17T11:13:00.000-07:002017-09-17T11:13:10.323-07:00Strength Card View
Strength: Two versions
Visconti Sforza Fortitude
We have seen several different versions of the Strength card in Tarot decks. An early
version is found in the Visconti Sforza deck (1450), where Hercules is shown ready to club a lion. But in the myth of the Twelve
Labors, he ends up having to strangle the Nemean Lion with his bare hands.
In the Strength card of the
Marseilles deck, a woman Barbara Bruchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11554997345458884096noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7594338842048966629.post-18381091704129264262017-07-27T16:26:00.000-07:002017-07-31T09:49:37.567-07:00More on theThe Chariot
The Chariot: Wars and
Heroes
“…the hero is commonly the
simplest and obscurest of men”
Henry David Thoreau, “Walking”
In my previous
blog about The Chariot card, I wrote
about supernatural futuristic concepts and UFO’S as chariots of aliens, or symbols
of roundness signifying a desire for unity and wholeness in expressing concerns about various wars
taking place in the world, Barbara Bruchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11554997345458884096noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7594338842048966629.post-33528427086454820792017-06-18T13:51:00.000-07:002017-06-18T13:51:15.285-07:00The Lovers
The Lovers Card: Choices we
make
Niki Saint Phalle Tarot
Two people come together and proclaim their love. They are
“in love!” Whoop, whoopty do!
This Tarot card is about the relationship of one to another:
“I can’t stop thinking about you.” “I can’t live without you!” “Love me Tender.” (Oh, those words from melodramatic love songs.) Sound familiar? This card is not about a “one
night Barbara Bruchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11554997345458884096noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7594338842048966629.post-43010853645587695762017-06-01T14:48:00.000-07:002017-06-01T14:55:10.204-07:00The Hierophant Card
The Hierophant: Interpretations
today
There are at
least two ways of finding meaning in the figure in The Hierophant card of Tarot: (1) An authoritative religious leader
of an organized religion, or (2) An historical High Priest of religious
practice in an early, ancient, pre-Christian civilization.
The Pope
In some Tarot decks, including the Waite and
Marseilles decks, “The Barbara Bruchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11554997345458884096noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7594338842048966629.post-44604582498684737792017-02-16T13:55:00.000-08:002017-02-16T13:55:52.986-08:00The Emperor: the good, bad, and scary
The EmperorTOCC
Concepts about The Emperor of Tarot can easily be associated
with, or extracted from, what historians have written about the governments of early
Roman Emperors. Their diligent and industrious city planning was exemplified in
the design of Roman cities, and the layout of roads and streets. Roman rule
consisted of a constitution, king, a senate with a lot of power, and an
Barbara Bruchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11554997345458884096noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7594338842048966629.post-6389658199389625812017-01-21T14:48:00.000-08:002017-01-21T15:00:11.947-08:00The Empress: another look
Why is this Tarot card titled The Empress? What significance does she have in a Tarot deck? For a
reality check, who was she in the historical past? Why is she in the Tarot
anyway?
The Empress
There are two ways to think about The Empress in the Tarot: One is historical concerning several real Empresses of the past. The other is
symbolical and mythological with references to an earlierBarbara Bruchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11554997345458884096noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7594338842048966629.post-19552767616515440532016-12-10T16:10:00.002-08:002017-08-06T10:20:51.303-07:00Revisiting The High Priestess
What does the future hold? Will there be
world war? Will the economy collapse?
In antiquity, leaders, politicians, and the public probably
asked the same questions when they consulted the priestess at the oracle. These
questions were often answered by “wise women” in early cultures. Modern day
concerns probably aren’t much different than the issues of the day in 7th
century BC, whenBarbara Bruchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11554997345458884096noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7594338842048966629.post-65368768262564863172016-10-09T15:37:00.000-07:002016-10-09T15:57:39.174-07:00Magic and The Magician in Tarot
The
Magician
The Magician in
Tarot of Cosmic Consciousness
Let’s get to the core of this
discussion right away. The first thing we need to consider is that the power of
human imagination is capable of imagining anything. The next thing to consider
is the power of belief. We are capable of believing just about anything. The
best part of this is acting on our beliefs, and that’s where Barbara Bruchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11554997345458884096noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7594338842048966629.post-72216031353810084252016-08-20T12:33:00.000-07:002016-08-20T12:33:07.275-07:00Tarot of Cosmic Consciousness cards
How Tarot of Cosmic
Consciousness Cards were created
The Fool – Zero
Someone asked what my inspiration was for the design and
colors of Tarot of Cosmic Consciousness
cards. So to begin, in looking back, I first discovered Tarot cards in an
occult bookshop in 1973. Then the Rider-Waite deck became the impetus to find
out how and why the older decks were designed the way they were. What Barbara Bruchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11554997345458884096noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7594338842048966629.post-32208395798661562622016-05-29T14:24:00.001-07:002016-05-29T14:24:18.154-07:00Tarot - Fortune Telling and something more
“For long eons we have
struggled with ourselves and the world, weaving veils to engender our
separateness, constructing belief systems to hide our ignorance, creating
enemies to disguise our inner conflicts, chasing from one experience to another
to fill our emptiness, unaware that the same masks that hide our deepest pain
hide our greatest potential.”
Kiara
Windrider, Year Zero (Divine Barbara Bruchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11554997345458884096noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7594338842048966629.post-48359300965123230282016-04-25T15:29:00.000-07:002016-04-25T15:29:26.635-07:00Sacred Geometry Part II
Aspects: The Will to Power
Uranus (Fool) Square
Pluto (Judgment)
Let your
imagination run away on this blog. Have an “imaginary moment” – a “what if”
time. It seems we are overlooking the obvious when talking about
both Tarot and Astrology in relation to Sacred Geometry. What connection do they have and how does this
relate to our lives? We’ll discuss an example of the correlation ofBarbara Bruchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11554997345458884096noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7594338842048966629.post-38786934275708489202016-03-17T15:40:00.000-07:002016-03-17T16:54:10.091-07:00Sacred Geometry and Tarot
Part I
What is meant by
Sacred Geometry?
Adherents of Sacred Geometry say it was a practice
considered by the ancients to be an exploration of the secret and mysterious
processes of nature. Early civilizations set aside sacred places in natural
rock temples, springs and caves, and constructed stone circles to remember and
venerate those spaces. Sacred areas were used to come in contact with Barbara Bruchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11554997345458884096noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7594338842048966629.post-24732203528088192832016-01-27T15:06:00.000-08:002016-01-27T15:14:00.654-08:00Knights and War
Knights in Tarot
To understand the symbolism of the Knight
cards in Tarot, we need to take a quick look at who the knights were in
history. Let’s start with the knights on horseback during the Middle Ages in
Europe. Who were they? What did they do and why are they still included in most
Tarot decks? During Medieval times, in the Feudal hierarchy, knights pledged
fealty to a Barbara Bruchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11554997345458884096noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7594338842048966629.post-76854080082611830602015-12-03T15:34:00.001-08:002015-12-03T15:53:30.058-08:00Court Cards: Kings and Queens
Aquarian Tarot,
Palladini
In order to understand the Court Cards of Tarot, here is a brief historical perspective on the rulers of monarchy of the past. To see where we are today, Tarot Court Cards can help us do that. Why are Kings and Queens included in the Tarot? What role do they play in relation to a reading or the game of Tarots? Most Tarot buffs interpret them now as symbolic Barbara Bruchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11554997345458884096noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7594338842048966629.post-13800511423230140922015-10-26T10:43:00.000-07:002015-10-26T10:56:28.280-07:00Number 10
Number 10 - moving on
The general meaning of number 10 in Tarot is an expression of the need to release the old and move on to the new. We can think about the meaning of number 10 in the Minor Arcana cards as “mission accomplished;” the fulfillment of a job well done, everything is finished, now what? It’s time to plan the next steps to take. We are warned not to get too complacent about our Barbara Bruchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11554997345458884096noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7594338842048966629.post-30216286935879836112015-10-08T13:23:00.001-07:002015-10-08T13:23:47.618-07:00NINE
On the Nines 9
Moving on to number 9: Where do we find number 9 cards in the Tarot? We see it in ninth card, “The Hermit,” of the Major Arcana and in the 4 suits of numbered cards in the Minor Arcana: 9 of Wands, 9 of Cups, 9 of Swords and 9 of Coins or Pentacles.
Let’s do the math of 9 first. In mathematics, number 9 stitches together all the primary numbers in the base 10 digit system. WeBarbara Bruchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11554997345458884096noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7594338842048966629.post-61907072283855027952015-09-06T13:02:00.001-07:002015-09-07T13:32:55.388-07:00Figure 8, The Magician and the Lemniscate
The Magician and a Lemniscate
Why does “The Magician” in some Tarot cards wear a hat that resembles a lemniscate? It even hovers overhead in the Magician and Strength card in the Waite deck and some other decks. What is a lemniscate? In mathematics it looks like a figure 8 on its side and represents infinity - meaning a numerical calculation that that seems to go on forever and ever. For Barbara Bruchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11554997345458884096noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7594338842048966629.post-52436457200459503652015-06-13T16:18:00.000-07:002015-06-14T10:43:07.338-07:007 Virtues and 7 Vices, their influence on Tarot
What are the Vices and Virtues and what do they have to do with the Tarot?
Virtues: Faith, Hope, Charity, Fortitude, Justice, Prudence and Temperance.
We can think of these terms as the outcome of the models of morality conceived by the Greek philosophers of classical antiquity - Plato and Aristotle. It is intriguing to see how the concept of morals were defined and have evolved over Barbara Bruchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11554997345458884096noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7594338842048966629.post-44535149109378770332015-02-05T15:31:00.000-08:002015-02-05T15:35:43.637-08:00More Thoughts on The Fool
The Fool in Art and Literature of the Middle Ages
What more is there to discover about the fool in the Tarot? Let’s see what was happening in the Middle Ages. Although a really accurate timeline cannot be established for the beginnings of Tarot, the precursors to Tarot cards existed in medieval art and literature. We can at least see actual playing cards in the paintings of 15th/16thBarbara Bruchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11554997345458884096noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7594338842048966629.post-69374107012801864012014-11-16T16:48:00.000-08:002014-11-16T16:59:41.046-08:00Minor Arcana: Number 5
Challenges of Life
How do life forms come into being, grow and express their role in this life? That is one big question for which there are no easy answers.
“Out of the cubic stone of matter, differentiated into a myriad
of crystalline structures, the flowing curves of living bodies take form.”
Dane Rudhyar, Astrological Insights into the Spiritual Life”
Where are you on your Barbara Bruchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11554997345458884096noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7594338842048966629.post-8608393256419369822014-08-27T15:59:00.002-07:002014-08-27T15:59:46.378-07:00Minor Arcana: Number 4
Four: Mysteries and a sense of order
Around the world, what ancient building best represents stability, permanence, eternality and architectural grandeur? Of course, in Egypt, it’s the Great Pyramid! For centuries it was the world’s tallest building. It was constructed with over a million giant blocks of limestone including an outer cover of limestone casings. Supposedly, it was glistening Barbara Bruchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11554997345458884096noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7594338842048966629.post-37116283917898160232014-06-16T12:41:00.001-07:002014-06-16T15:18:50.463-07:00Minor Arcana: number 3
Number 3: Three Little Pigs
We talk and act in terms of the physical, mental, and spiritual.
3 of Cups
We symbolize “three-ness” in geometry and art by a triangle — 3 sides; the trident ♆ —3 tongs; a trefoil ♧ — 3 leaves; and a Fleur-de-Lis ♓︎—3 components.
We hear about the 3 Graces, the 3 fates, and other combinations of the number 3 such as: body, mind, and Barbara Bruchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11554997345458884096noreply@blogger.com